MS Senate

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MS Senate is the commonly used abbreviation for the Mississippi State Senate, the upper chamber of the Mississippi Legislature responsible for creating and passing state laws.

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MS Senate canonical 2
Miss. Senate 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippi government agency
legislative body
state upper house
appliesToJurisdiction Mississippi
authorityDerivedFrom Mississippi Constitution
surface form: Constitution of the State of Mississippi
budgetaryPower shares with Mississippi House of Representatives
buildingOwner State of Mississippi
canIntroduce bills
canOverrideVeto yes, with required supermajority
country United States of America
electionInterval every 4 years
electoralDistrictType single-member districts
establishedInPeriod 19th century
fullName Mississippi State Senate
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasCommitteeSystem yes
hasOfficer President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi Senate
hasSisterChamber Mississippi House of Representatives
jurisdiction State of Mississippi
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeChamber upper house
levelOfGovernment state
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Jackson, Mississippi
meetsIn Mississippi State Capitol
meetsInSessionType regular sessions
special sessions
meetsInTimeZone Central Time Zone
memberTitle state senator
numberOfMembers 52
oversees state public policy areas through standing committees
partOf Mississippi Legislature
presidingOfficerTitle Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
primaryFunction advice and consent on certain gubernatorial appointments
lawmaking
state budget approval
responsibleFor confirming certain executive appointments
enacting state statutes
participating in the state budget process
sessionLocation Mississippi State Capitol
surface form: Senate chamber of the Mississippi State Capitol
shortName MS Senate self-link
MS Senate self-linksurface differs
surface form: Miss. Senate
state Mississippi
termLength 4 years
termLimits no term limits
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website https://www.legislature.ms.gov/senate

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MS Senate shortName MS Senate self-link
MS Senate shortName MS Senate self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Miss. Senate